2003 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

The 2003 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from 16 to 29 November 2003 in Japan. Twelve men's national teams played in cities all over Japan for the right to a fast lane ticket into the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

2003 Men's World Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	16–30 November
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	7 (in 6 host cities)
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	Serbia and Montenegro
Fourth place	United States
Tournament awards
MVP	Takahiro Yamamoto
Official website
2003 FIVB World Cup
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Teams were made up as follows: hosts Japan, continental champions and vice-champions from Europe, Asia, NORCECA and South America, continental champion from Africa plus two wild-card teams nominated jointly by FIVB and the Japan Volleyball Association. Teams played a single-round robin format (66 games overall), in two parallel groups (site A and site B). The men played in Tokyo, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, Nagano, Hamamatsu, and Okayama.

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	—	―	1	Japan
2003 Men's European Volleyball Championship	5–14 September 2003	Germany	2	Italy
				France
2003 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship	25–30 September 2003	Culiacán	2	United States
				Canada
2003 Men's South American Volleyball Championship	2–6 September 2003	Rio de Janeiro	2	Brazil
				Venezuela
2003 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship	5–12 September 2003	Tianjin	2	South Korea
				China
2003 Men's African Volleyball Championship	1–6 August 2003	Cairo	1	Tunisia
Wild Cards	―	―	2	Serbia and Montenegro
				Egypt
Total			12

Squads

Main article: 2003 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup squads

Results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Brazil	11	11	0	22	33	4	8.250	916	720	1.272
2	Italy	11	9	2	20	29	8	3.625	910	762	1.194
3	Serbia and Montenegro	11	9	2	20	29	10	2.900	951	842	1.129
4	United States	11	8	3	19	24	13	1.846	883	794	1.112
5	France	11	7	4	18	24	16	1.500	950	868	1.094
6	South Korea	11	5	6	16	20	20	1.000	909	915	0.993
7	Canada	11	5	6	16	18	23	0.783	883	954	0.926
8	Venezuela	11	4	7	15	14	23	0.609	832	893	0.932
9	Japan	11	3	8	14	14	27	0.519	879	948	0.927
10	China	11	2	9	13	13	28	0.464	898	1012	0.887
11	Tunisia	11	2	9	13	9	30	0.300	803	932	0.862
12	Egypt	11	1	10	12	7	32	0.219	787	961	0.819

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

First round

Site A

Venue: Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Nov	China	0–3	Serbia and Montenegro	16–25	16–25	24–26			56–76
16 Nov	Canada	0–3	United States	17–25	17–25	17–25			51–75
16 Nov	Japan	3–0	Egypt	25–20	25–17	25–23			75–60
17 Nov	Egypt	0–3	Canada	22–25	16–25	20–25			58–75
17 Nov	Serbia and Montenegro	3–0	United States	26–24	25–21	25–22			76–67
17 Nov	Japan	3–1	China	23–25	25–21	25–18	25–20		98–84
18 Nov	United States	3–1	China	23–25	25–20	25–20	25–19		98–84
18 Nov	Serbia and Montenegro	3–1	Egypt	28–30	25–18	25–21	25–12		103–81
18 Nov	Japan	3–2	Canada	25–21	25–16	25–27	20–25	15–13	110-102

Site B

Venue: White Ring, Nagano

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Nov	Italy	3–0	Tunisia	25–16	25–13	25–23			75–52
16 Nov	France	3–0	Venezuela	25–23	25–21	25–21			75–65
16 Nov	South Korea	0–3	Brazil	21–25	19–25	17–25			57–75
17 Nov	Tunisia	0–3	South Korea	19–25	20–25	26–28			65–78
17 Nov	Venezuela	0–3	Italy	21–25	15–25	15–25			51–75
17 Nov	Brazil	3–1	France	24–26	25–21	25–20	25–22		99–89
18 Nov	Brazil	3–0	Venezuela	25–19	25–16	25–20			75–55
18 Nov	France	3–2	Tunisia	23–25	23–25	25–18	25–21	18–16	114–105
18 Nov	Italy	3–1	South Korea	25–18	21–25	25–18	25–21		96–82

Second round

Site A

Venue: Hiroshima Green Arena, Hiroshima

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Nov	Serbia and Montenegro	3–1	Canada	25–14	23–25	25–20	26–24		99–83
20 Nov	Egypt	0–3	China	22–25	20–25	29–31			71–81
20 Nov	United States	3–1	Japan	19–25	25–14	25–23	25–19		94–81
21 Nov	United States	3–1	Egypt	25–22	25–19	22–25	25–14		97–80
21 Nov	Canada	3-2	China	25–23	24–26	34–36	25–22	15–13	123–120
21 Nov	Japan	1–3	Serbia and Montenegro	25–21	18–25	22–25	20–25		85–96

Site B

Venue: Hamamatsu Arena, Hamamatsu

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Nov	South Korea	3–1	France	20–25	25–23	25–23	25–21		95–92
20 Nov	Venezuela	3-0	Tunisia	25–23	25–21	25–22			75–66
20 Nov	Brazil	3–1	Italy	25–18	26–24	20–25	25–22		96–89
21 Nov	Italy	3–0	France	25–22	26–24	25–20			76–66
21 Nov	South Korea	3–1	Venezuela	25–21	25–22	23–25	26–24		99–92
21 Nov	Brazil	3–0	Tunisia	25–17	25–16	25–11			75–44

Third round

Site A

Venue: Marine Messe, Fukuoka

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
23 Nov	United States	3–0	Tunisia	25–13	25–17	25–22			75–52
23 Nov	Serbia and Montenegro	3–0	South Korea	27–25	25–20	26–24			78–69
23 Nov	Japan	0–3	Venezuela	20–25	18–25	23–25			61–75
24 Nov	United States	3–0	South Korea	25–20	25–20	25–17			75–57
24 Nov	Serbia and Montenegro	3–0	Venezuela	25–23	25–22	25–18			75–63
24 Nov	Japan	2–3	Tunisia	25–23	25–22	22–25	21–25	10–15	103-110
25 Nov	Serbia and Montenegro	3–0	Tunisia	25–16	25–14	25–21			75–51
25 Nov	United States	3–0	Venezuela	28–26	25–16	25–13			78–65
25 Nov	Japan	0–3	South Korea	22–25	13–25	23–25			58–75

Site B

Venue: Okayama General and Cultural Gymnasium, Okayama

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
23 Nov	Italy	3–0	Canada	25–22	25–19	25–20			75–61
23 Nov	Brazil	3–1	China	25–21	25–20	23–25	25–18		98–84
23 Nov	France	3–0	Egypt	25–15	25–23	25–15			75–53
24 Nov	Brazil	3–0	Canada	25–13	25–17	25–14			75–44
24 Nov	Italy	3–0	Egypt	25–16	25–16	25–17			75–49
24 Nov	France	3–1	China	25–16	25–14	24–26	25–19		99–75
25 Nov	Italy	3–0	China	25–15	25–15	25–20			75–50
25 Nov	Brazil	3–0	Egypt	25–20	25–20	25–13			75–53
25 Nov	France	3–0	Canada	25–19	25–20	25–16			75–55

Fourth round

Site A

Venue: Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Nov	Italy	3-0	United States	25-12	29–27	25–22			79-61
28 Nov	Serbia and Montenegro	1–3	Brazil	25–23	21–25	21–25	21–25		98–98
28 Nov	Japan	0–3	France	23–25	18–25	21–25			62–75
29 Nov	Brazil	3-0	United States	25–20	25–21	25–23			75-64
29 Nov	Serbia and Montenegro	1–3	France	18–25	22–25	25–21	19–25		84–96
29 Nov	Japan	1–3	Italy	21–25	25–27	27–25	20–25		93–102
30 Nov	Serbia and Montenegro	3–1	Italy	25–18	21–25	30–28	25–22		101–93
30 Nov	United States	3–1	France	25–19	20–25	26–24	28–26		99–94
30 Nov	Japan	0–3	Brazil	17–25	20–25	16–25			53–75

Site B

Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Nov	Venezuela	3–1	China	23–25	25–22	28–26	25–20		101–93
28 Nov	Tunisia	0–3	Canada	23–25	20–25	20–25			63–75
28 Nov	Egypt	3–2	South Korea	25–20	21–25	18–25	25–23	15–11	104–104
29 Nov	Venezuela	1–3	Canada	21–25	25–23	20–25	21–25		87–98
29 Nov	Tunisia	3–1	Egypt	25–20	25–19	23–25	25–16		98–80
29 Nov	South Korea	3–0	China	25–19	25–21	26–24			76–64
30 Nov	Venezuela	3–1	Egypt	31–29	25–23	22–25	25–21		103–98
30 Nov	Tunisia	1–3	China	17–25	26–24	25–27	29–31		97–107
30 Nov	Canada	3–2	South Korea	28–30	26–24	20–25	27–25	15–13	116–117

Final standing

Rank Team  Brazil  Italy  Serbia and Montenegro 4  United States 5  France 6  South Korea 7  Canada 8  Venezuela 9  Japan 10  China 11  Tunisia 12  Egypt Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics

2003 Men's World Cup champions  Brazil 1st title Team roster Giovane, André Heller, Maurício, Giba, André, Sérgio, Anderson, Nalbert (c), Gustavo, Rodrigão, Ricardo, Dante Head coach Bernardinho

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Takahiro Yamamoto

• Best scorer

  Takahiro Yamamoto

• Best spiker

  Giovane Gávio

• Best blocker

  Andrija Gerić

• Best server

  Andrea Sartoretti

• Best setter

  Nikola Grbić

• Best libero

  Sérgio Santos

• Most spectacular player

  Daisuke Usami

External links

• Official website
• Final standing
• Awards